SAMOS (Σάμος) - Overview, Greece - 69 min. guide
Samos Island (Greece) 69 minutes video guide.
Travel around the island and visit the most interesting places, beaches, archaeological sites, monasteries, churches and nice viewpoints.
Includes: Samos Island (Σάμος), Greece - Samos town - Archaelogical museum, Vathy, Gagou beach, Profitis Ilias, Livadaki, Agia Paraskevi, Agios Antonios, Zoodochos Pigi monastery, Mourtia, Kervelis, Posidonio, Klima, Psili Ammos, Mykali, Pythagorio, Logothetis castle, Panagia Spilianis, Ancient Theatre, Eupalinos Tunnel, Polycrates walls, Potokari, Ancient Mines, Chora, Mytilinii, Ancient Bath, Timiou Stavrou, Agios Spiridon, Mavratzei, Koumaradei, Megalis Panagias, Myli, Heraion, Ireo, Pappa beach, cape Asprokavos, Kyriakou beach, Tsopela, Pagondas, Samiopoula Island, Spatharei, Balos, Koumeika, Marathokampos, Ormos Marathokampou, Kampos, Votsalakia, Pythagoras caves, Evangelistrias monastery, Psili Ammos beach, Limnionas, Klima Beach, Agios Ioannis, Plaka, Kalithea, Panagia Makrini, Agia Triada, Varsamiou beach, Agios Isidoros, Drakei, Monastery of Zoodochos Pigi, Kakoperato gorge and cave, Mikro Seitani, Megalo Seitani, Kosmadei, Nikoloudes, Kastania, Lekka, Tsourlei, Potami beach, castle, waterfalls, Metamorfosis Sotiros chapel, Karlovasi, Paleo Karlovasi, Agia Triada, Ampelos, Nightingale Valley, Manolates, Vourliotes, Vronta monastery, Tsambou beach, Avlakia, Tsamadou, Lemonakia, Kokkari, Kedros beach
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Samos travel (Ile de Samos), Greek island in Aegean Sea 4K
Samos travel (Ile de Samos), Greek island in Aegean Sea 4K
Samos is an island in the North Aegean Sea and one of the East Aegean Islands. Its capital is the town of Samos, formerly known as Vathi. The island lies very close to the Turkish mainland and is a popular stopping off point for travellers between the two countries as it lies on the route between Athens and Izmir. Tourist season in Samos, when you can expect much higher prices, begins the first week of May.
Samos was the birthplace of Pythagoras although he left before beginning his explorations into mathematics. Consequently, the island is littered with various things named after him from the town of Pythagoreion, the ancient capital, to hotels and tavernas. Samos is an island with age-long history. According to mythology, in this Aegean island, in the banks of river Imvrassos, goddess Hera was born. Today, in this location visitors can see the remains of a temple dedicated to her. It is an imposing building, one of the biggest and most important of its era.
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The Tunnel of Eupalinos can be visited from the town of Pythagoreion. This is a 10-15 minute walk from the centre of town and is well signposted.
Temple of Hera (Heraion of Samos), (6 km southwest of the ancient city). The Heraion of Samos was a great sanctuary in the southern region of Samos, 6 km southwest of the ancient city, in a low, marshy river basin near the sea. The Late Archaic Heraion of Samos was the first of the gigantic free-standing Ionic temples, but its predecessors at this site reached back to the Geometric Period of the 8th century BCE, or earlier. The site of temple's ruins, with its sole standing column, was designated a joint UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the nearby Pythagoreion in 1992.
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There are beaches, both sandy and shingle, all around the coast so swimming and sunbathing are popular activities. The water is very clear but cold up until May. The nearest major beach to the town of Samos is Gagkou Beach, a fifteen minute walk with the sea on your left from the ferry port. This is a pebble beach but there are areas of sand in the water. You can rent sun loungers and there are bars/cafes on the seafront although you may not be able to consume their food and drink on the beach itself.
Walk the coastal path from Gagkou Beach (see above for directions) through beautiful flora and see the crystal clear coves. From Gagkou beach head over to the half-finished concrete building. Head up the steps of this, cross the first floor and you'll see a path off into the heather from here. You can follow this path for a couple of kilometres until it leads you back to the road. It's a great place to watch the sunset and you can get down to one or two deserted although very small beaches via this path.
There is an attractive beach at Psili Ammos, about 8 kms east of Pythagoreio. It gets very busy in season, but visitors tend to concentrate at the western end, nearest to the tavernas; the eastern side is more open. It is popular with families as the sea is shallow for quite a distance. However, beware of stronger currents farther out. The Turkish coast is just under 1 km away. There is an area of salt marsh and a small lake to the west of the beach area, which dries out into salt pans in the summer. This is a good bird spotting area and flamingoes can be seen early in the season.
Samos has excellent watersports facilities to be found on the long pebble beach at Potokaki which are open all season. Including waterskiing, inflatables and jetski hire.
Samos island, Greece | The island of Hera and Pythagoras HD
Samos is an island ruled by legend and beauty. It is the island of the father of mathematics, Pythagoras, the astronomer Aristarchus and the philosopher Epicurus. It is the home of Hera and the land that hosted Herodotus and Aesop. An important center of trade in the Aegean and a major naval force in antiquity, it came into contact with important Mediterranean cultures.
It is no accident that the great historian Herodotus considered Samos first among all Greek and barbarian cities. Centre of the Ionian civilization, the island saw times of indescribable splendour, which still remains. Even today, its proximity to the coast of Asia Minor makes the island a ‘bridge’ between the two cultures, a difference that did not hinder the co-existence, cooperation and friendship of the two peoples living across the water from each other.
The mythical birthplace of Hera, Samos is home to the largest temple in Greece (according to Herodotus) at the seaside settlement of Heraion, dedicated exclusively to the goddess of marriage and women. Of its 155 gigantic columns, only one still stands and is indicative of the scale of this place of religious worship that includes ruins of at least three earlier temples.